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We simply cannot afford to waste time and energy fighting an ongoing SNP effort to take Scotland out of the UK.

The election also means views of the majority of Scots will be much better represented in the new UK parliament.

The result has shattered Nicola Sturgeon’s myth that the SNP alone speaks for Scotland.

I’ve a dozen new Scottish Conservative MP colleagues and their voices will be heard loud and clear at the heart of government whether they are fighting for the needs of our fishing communities in the north east or for a new financial deal for the borderlands to the south.

So as the new parliament gets to work today, I believe we are in a strong position to deliver for Scotland.